diff --git a/nvm.sh b/nvm.sh
index 5db4df3..2300f96 100755
--- a/nvm.sh
+++ b/nvm.sh
@@ -781,6 +781,15 @@ nvm_remote_version() {
   else
     VERSION="$(NVM_LTS="${NVM_LTS-}" nvm_remote_versions "${PATTERN}" | command tail -1)"
   fi
+
+  if [ -n "${PATTERN}" ] && [ "_${VERSION}" != "_N/A" ] && ! nvm_validate_implicit_alias "${PATTERN}" 2>/dev/null; then
+    local VERSION_NUM
+    VERSION_NUM="$(nvm_echo "${VERSION}" | command awk '{print $1}')"
+    if ! nvm_echo "${VERSION_NUM}" | nvm_grep -q "${PATTERN}"; then
+      VERSION='N/A'
+    fi
+  fi
+
   if [ -n "${NVM_VERSION_ONLY-}" ]; then
     command awk 'BEGIN {
       n = split(ARGV[1], a);
diff --git a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_remote_version b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_remote_version
index 9a4f94f..96f33f5 100755
--- a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_remote_version	
+++ b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_remote_version	
@@ -75,4 +75,24 @@ EXIT_CODE="$(nvm_remote_version node >/dev/null 2>&1 ; echo $?)"
   || die "nvm_remote_version node did not return contents of nvm_ls_remote node; got $OUTPUT"
 [ "_$EXIT_CODE" = "_0" ] || die "nvm_remote_version node did not exit with 0, got $EXIT_CODE"
 
+# Test LTS name rejection (Issue #3474)
+# When nvm_remote_versions returns a line with LTS name in description,
+# nvm_remote_version should reject it if the pattern doesn't match the version number
+
+nvm_remote_versions() {
+    echo "v4.9.1 Argon *"
+}
+OUTPUT="$(nvm_remote_version Argon)"
+EXIT_CODE="$(nvm_remote_version Argon >/dev/null 2>&1 ; echo $?)"
+[ "_$OUTPUT" = "_N/A" ] || die "nvm_remote_version Argon should return N/A (LTS name not in version), got $OUTPUT"
+[ "_$EXIT_CODE" = "_3" ] || die "nvm_remote_version Argon should exit with code 3, got $EXIT_CODE"
+
+nvm_remote_versions() {
+  echo "v4.9.1"
+}
+OUTPUT="$(nvm_remote_version 4)"
+EXIT_CODE="$(nvm_remote_version 4 >/dev/null 2>&1 ; echo $?)"
+[ "_$OUTPUT" = "_v4.9.1" ] || die "nvm_remote_version 4 should return v4.9.1, got $OUTPUT"
+[ "_$EXIT_CODE" = "_0" ] || die "nvm_remote_version 4 should exit with code 0, got $EXIT_CODE"
+
 cleanup